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NEW-YORK  REVIEW; 


Edited  bv  the  Rev.  C.  S.  Henky  and  Francis  L.  Hawks,  D.  D. 


In  issuing  the  third  number  of  the  New- York  Re- 
view, the  proprietors  take  occasion  to  express  their 
lively  gratification  at  the  signal  success,  which,  not- 
withstanding the  unfavourable  state  of  the  times,  has 
attended  the  enterprise.  They  also  take  the  oppor- 
tunity of  making  a  few  statements  respecting  the  ar- 
rangements for  its  future  conduct,  which  may  be  in- 
teresting to  their  friends  and  the  public. 

The  general  design  of  the  work  is  perhaps  suffi- 
ciently indicated  in  the  numbers  that  have  already  ap- 
peared ;  they  would  add,  however,  a  few  particulars. 

I.    The  plan  of  this  Journal  embraces : — 

1.  Extended  reviews  of  important  works,  and  dis- 
cussions of  important  subjects  in  every  department 
of  Literature  and  Thinking,  similar,  in  form  and 
manner,  to  those  which  make  up  the  contents  of 
quarterly  Reviews  generally. 

2.  Critical  Notices  of  such  publications  of  every 
current  quarter  as,  from  their  literary  character,  and 
especially  from  their  spirit  and  tendency,  shall  be 
thought  to  deserve  notice,  either  for  praise  or  blame. 
To  this  department  of  the  work  we  attach  much  im- 


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portance,  both  in  its  connexion  with  the  great  design 
of  the  journal,  and  as  affording  valuable  aid  to  lite- 
rary men  in  the  knowledge  and  collection  of  books. 

3.  A  survey  (semi-annually)  of  the  most  impor- 
tant and  interesting  events  relating  to  the  affairs  of 
the  dioceses. 

II.  In  regard  to  the  object,  the  principles,  and 
spirit  of  the  work,  the  subscribers  wish  to  express 
themselves  with  frankness  and  clearness. 

This  journal  is  designed  to  be  a  general  Review 
for  the  whole  country.  Its  object  is  to  promote  the 
interests  of  good  literature,  of  science,  and  of  sound 
principles  in  religion,  in  philosophy,  in  morals,  in  go- 
vernment and  politics.  It  will  endeavour  to  exhibit 
every  thing  important  to  a  just  estimate  of  the  cha- 
racter of  the  times,  and  of  the  intellectual,  moral,  and 
social  movement  of  the  world.  The  proprietors  de- 
sire to  be  understood  as  aiming  to  make  the  Review 
contribute  to  the  formation  of  a  sound  public  opinion 
throughout  the  country,  upon  every  great  subject  of 
intellectual  and  practical  interest. 

In  Literature,  the  attempt  will  be  made  to  elevate 
the  public  taste,  to  develope  and  apply — as  well  to 
the  great  master-works  of  former  times,  as  to  cur- 
rent works  in  the  department  of  high  letters — the 
principles  of  a  just  and  philosophical  criticism. 

In  Philosophy,  we  are  opposed  to  the  exclusive 
"  Sensualism "  of  the  school  of  Locke,  and  to  the 
materializing  tendency  still  widely  existing. 

In  Morals,  we  are  opposed  to  the  "  Selfish  System" 
of  Paley,  Bentham,  &c. 


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In  Religion,  we  hold  with  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  of  the  United  States,  of  which  we  are  mem- 
bers. As  such,  not  only  may  the  colouring  and  ex- 
pression of  our  sentiments  be  modified  on  many  sub- 
jects, but  we  shall  also,  on  suitable  occasions,  in  a 
free  yet  candid  spirit,  exhibit  and  commend  the  dis- 
tinctive principles  of  this  Church  as  they  are  held 
in  the  unity  of  her  communion. 

Of  the  tone  of  this  work,  in  regard  to  all  matters 
pertaining  to  the  general  interests  of  religion,  we 
freely  avow  that  it  will  be  decidedly  conservative, 
maintaining  the  old-fashioned  principles  of  religious 
order,  of  scriptural  doctrine  and  practice,  as  against 
the  fanatical  and  licentious  doctrines  and  "  new 
measures,"  which,  within  a  few  years,  have  wrought 
such  manifold  evils,  in  the  production  of  spurious  re- 
ligious excitements,  impairing  the  appropriate  influ- 
ence of  a  regular  ministry  and  services,  corrupting 
true  religion,  and  even  morality,  and  thus  conducing 
to  the  spread  of  skepticism  and  infidelity.  Religious 
and  "  moral  reform  "  quackeries  will  find  in  this  work 
an  unsparing  opponent ;  yet  we  shall  always  distin- 
guish between  a  good  object  and  a  wrong  way  of 
promoting  it. 

In  regard  to  political  subjects,  and  matters  of  pub- 
lic and  social  interest,  we  hold  it  to  be  the  duty,  as 
well  as  the  right,  of  all  Christian  men  connected 
with  the  press,  to  have  and  to  utter  their  convictions 
upon  the  great  questions  with  which  the  public  wel- 
fare is  connected  ;  and  we  shall  endeavour  that  the 
views  expressed  on  these  subjects,  shall  be  none  the 


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less  comprehensive,  able,  and  statesman-like,  for  be- 
ing taken  from  a  religious  point  of  observation.  Dis- 
regarding, however,  all  mere  party  questions,  we 
shall  aim  to  promote  the  spread  of  sound  politi- 
cal principles.  Republicans,  constitutionalists,  and 
friends  of  rational  freedom,  we  shall  seek  to  diffuse 
what  we  conceive  to  be  the  true  principles  by  which 
alone  a  free  government  can  be  successfully  sustain- 
ed, and  thus  to  arrest  the  destructive  tendencies  of 
modern  Jacobinism. 

The  proprietors  would  add,  that  among  the  num- 
ber of  regular  and  pledged  contributors  to  the  pages 
of  the  Review,  are  the  names  of  the  most  distinguish- 
ed public  men,  as  well  as  of  the  most  eminent  scho- 
lars and  ablest  writers  in  the  country  ;  forming  a 
combination  of  high  and  various  talent,  which  justi- 
fies them  in  cherishing  the  most  confident  expecta- 
tion of  making  the  Review  a  work  of  the  highest 
character. 

Having  given  this  frank  and  full  exposition 
of  the  principles  on  which  the  New- York  Review 
will  be  conducted,  the  subscribers  conclude  by  ex- 
pressing their  confident  reliance  upon  the  public  for 
support  in  an  enterprise  which  they  have  conscien- 
tiously undertaken  for  the  promotion  of  the  best  in- 
terests of  Religion,  Literature,  and  Social  Order. 

FRANCIS  L.  HAWKS,  ) 

C.  S.  HENRY,  V  Proprietors. 

PARK  BENJAMIN.  ) 


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Note. — The  Review  will  be  conducted  by  the  Rev.  C.  S.  Hen- 
ry  as  Editor,  assisted  by  the  Rev.  F.  L.  Hawks.  The  business 
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CONTENTS  OF  NO.  I. 

PUBLISHED  MARCH  1837. 

Art.  I.  Character  op  Mr.  Jefferson.  The  Life  of  Thomas  Jefferson,  third 
President  o.  the  United  States,  with  parts  of  his  Correspondence  never  before 
published,  and  Notices  of  his  opinions  on  questions  of  civil  government,  na- 
tional policy,  and  constitutional  law.  By  Georce  Tccker. — II.  Utilitarian- 
ism. I.  Morals  and  Legislation.  By  Jeremy  Bentham.  Translated  into 
French  by  M.  Dumont,  with  notes ;  and  from  the  French,  with  notes,  and  a 
biographical  notice  of  Jeremy  Bentham,  and  of  M.  Dumont,  by  John  Neal. 
2.  Bentham's  Deontology.  Westminster  Review,  No.  XLI.  The  Principles 
of  Moral  and  Political  Philosophy.  By  William  Palev,  D.  D— III.  Cox's 
Life  of  Fletcher  of  Madeley.  The  Life  of  the  Rev.  John  William  Fletcher, 
Vicar  of  Madeley.  By  the  Rev.  Robert  Cox,  A.  M.  First  American  edition  :' 
with  an  introduction,  and  a  selection  from  the  correspondence  of  Mr.  Fletcher. 
By  the  Rev.  George  A  Smith,  A.  M. — IV.  Crabbe.  The  Poetical  Works  of 
the  Rev.  George  Crabbe,  with  his  letters  and  journals,  and  his  life.  By  his 
Son. — V.  Affiliation  of  Languages.  Principes  de  l'etude  comparative  des 
Langues,  par  le  Baron  de  Merian. — VI.  Chalmers'  Natural  Theology.  Na- 
tural Theology,  by  Thomas  Chalmers,  D.  D. — VII.  Stody  of  Works  of  Ge- 
nius. Address  to  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society  of  Rhode  Island.  Delivered 
September  7,  1836.  By  William  B.  Goddard,  Professor  of  Belles  Lettres  in 
Brown  University. — VIII.  Pastoral  Visiting.  1.  A  discourse  on  the  Pastoral 
Care.  By  Bishop  Bdrnet.  2.  The  Christian  Ministry,  with  an  inquiry  into 
the  causes  of  its  inefficiency.  By  the  Rev.  Charles  Bridges,  B.  A.  3.  The 
Pastor  at  the  Sick  Bed.  By  Christian  Oemler,  Pastor  at  Weimar.  Trans- 
lated from  the  German  by  the  Rev.  Aleert  Helfenstein,  Sr. — IX.  Mrs.  He- 
mans.  The  Poetical  Works  of  Mrs.  Felicia  Hemans.  2.  Memorials  of  Mrs. 
Hemans,  with  illustrations  of  her  literary  character  from  her  private  correspond- 
ence.   By  Henry  F.  Chorley. — X.  D:scoveries  in  Light  ind  Vision.  Dis- 


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coveries  in  Light  and  Vision,  with  a  short  memoir  containing  Discoveries  in 
the  Mental  Faculties. — XL  Combe's  Moral  Philosophy.  Lectures  on  Moral 
Philosophy,  delivered  before  the  Edinburgh  Philosophical  Society,  and  reported 
for  the  Edinburgh  Chronicle.  By  George  Combe. — XII.  Religious  Opinions 
op  Washington.  The  Religious  Opinions  and  Character  of  Washington. 
By  E.  C.  M'Gcire. 

XIII.  Analytical  and  Critical  Notices.  1.  Eichhoff  s  Paralltle  des  Lan- 
gues.  2.  Ellendt's  Lexicon  Sophocleum.  3.  Ast's  Lexicon  Platonicum.  4. 
Buttmann's  Lexilogus.  5.  Whittier's  Mogg  Megone.  6.  Epsy's  Essays  on 
Meteorology.  7.  Three  Experiments  of  Living.  8.  Fourth  Experiment  of 
Living. 


CONTENTS  OF  NO.  II. 

PUBLISHED  OCTOBER  1837. 

Art.  I.  Jean  Paul  F.  Richter.    Wahrheit  aus  Jean  Paul's  Leben. — II. 

Goldsmith.  The  life  of  Oliver  Goldsmith,  from  a  variety  of  sources.  By  James 
Prior. — III.  Lord  Brougham's  Natural  Theology.  A  Discourse  of  Natural 
Theology,  showing  the  Nature  of  the  Evidence  and  the  advantages  of  the  Study, 
&c.  By  Henry  Lord  Brougham. — IV.  Dietetic  Charlatanry,  or  New 
Ethics  or  Eating.  L  Dispepsy  forestalled  and  resisted  :  or  Lectures  on  Diet, 
Regimen,  and  Employment,  &c.  By  Edward  Hitchcock.  2.  Means  without 
Living — V.  Stephens'  Travels.  Incidents  of  Travel  in  Egypt.  Arabia  Pe- 
traea,  and  the  Holy  Land.  By  an  American. — VI.  Epistles  op  Ignatius.  1. 
Standard  Writings  adapted  to  the  use  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in 
the  United  States.  Edited  by  W.  R.  Whittingham.  2.  Christian  Spectator, 
Vol.  V.  No.  8. — VII.  Wayland's  Political  Economy.  Elements  of  Political 
Economy.  By  Francis  Wayland. — VIII.  The  Young  Lady's  Friend.  The 
Young  Lady's  Friend.  By  a  Lady. — IX.  Sleigh's  Christian  Dictionary. 
The  Christian's  Defensive  Dictionary,  being  an  alphabetical  refutation  of  the 
general  objections  against  the  Bible.  By  W.  W.  Sleigh. — X.  Position  and 
Duty  of  the  Church.  1.  Journal  of  the  General  Convention  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church  held  in  1835.  2.  The  present  Condition  and  chief  Want  of 
the  Church;  a  Charge  to  the  Clergy  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in 
Ohio.  By  Charles  P.  McIlvaine,  D.  D.  3.  Journal  of  a  Convention  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of  Maryland,  1837. 

XI.  Analytical  and  Critical  Notices.  1.  lrving's  Rocky  Mountains.  2. 
Lockhart's  Life  of  Scott.  3.  The  New-York  Book  of  Poetry.  4.  Agrarian 
Stories.  5.  Live  and  Let  Live.  6.  Elinor  Fulton.  7.  Rich  Enough.  8  The 
Harcourts.  9.  The  Savings'  Bank.  10.  Letters  from  Palmyra.  11.  Giese- 
ler's  Eccleastical  History.  12.  Egyptian  Chronology.  13.  Cudworth's  works. 
14.  Bishop  Hopkins'  Church  of  Rome.  15.  Gilly's  Horae  Catecheticae.  16. 
Dr.  Jarvis's  Sermon.  17.  Henry's  Christian  Antiquities.  18.  Memoirs  of 
Lafayette. 

XII.  Affairs  of  the  Church.  I.  View  of  the  Dioceses.  II.  Church  Mis- 
sions. 

[The  edition  of  this  number  being  nearly  exhausted,  those  who  wish  for  com- 
plete sets  should  apply  soon.  The  number  will  be  reprinted  should  applications 
for  the  first  volume  be  numerous.] 


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CONTENTS  OF  NO.  III. 

PUBLISHED  JANUARY  1838. 

Art  I.  Trades'  Unions.  1.  Essay  on  the  Rate  'of  Wages,  with  an  Ex- 
amination of  the  Causes  of  the  differences  in  the  condition  of  the  Labouring 
Population  throughout  the  world.  By  H.  C.  Cart.  2.  Address  delivered  be- 
fore the  General  Trades'  Union  of  the  City  of  New- York.  By  Ely  Moore. — 
II.  Reproductive  Criticism.  Letters  auxiliary  to  the  History  of  Modern  Po- 
lite Literature  in  Germany,  by  Heinrich  Heine.  Translated  from  the  German, 
by  G.  W.  Haven. — III.  Origin  and  Progress  of  Popular  Liberty.  An  ad- 
dress delivered  at  Hartford  on  the  9th  of  November,  1835,  the  close  of  the  se- 
cond century  from  the  first  settlement  of  the  City.  By  Joel  Hawes. — IV.  Cole- 
ridge's Literary  Remains.  The  Literary  Remains  of  Samuel  Taylor  Cole- 
ridge. Collected  and  edited  by  Henry  Nelson  Coleridge. — V.  Old  English 
Literature — George  Herbert.  1.  The  Remains  of  that  Sweet  Singer  of  the 
Temple,  George  Herbert.  2.  The  Temple.  Sacred  Poems  and  Private 
Ejaculations.  By  George  Herbert. — VI.  German  Biblical  Criticism.  Die 
Unwissenschafthcheit  im  Gebiete  der  Alttestamentlichen  Kritik,  belegt  ausden 
Schriften  neuerer  Kriliker,  besonders  der  Hcrren  Von  Bohlen  und  Vatke;  von 
D.  Moritz  Drechster.  [The  want  of  Literary  Character  in  the  province  of 
Old  Testament  Criticism,  illustrated  from  the  writings  of  the  later  Critics,  particu- 
larly Von  Bohlen  and  Vatke  :  by  Dr.  Maurice  Drechster] — VII.  The  Ro- 
mish Church.  Affaires  de  Rome,  par  M.  F.  De  La  Mennais. — VIII.  Aaron- 
Burr.  Memoirs  of  Aaron  Burr,  with  miscellaneous  selections  from  his  corres- 
pondence. By  Matthew  L.  Davis. — IX.  Charles  Lamb.  The  Letters  of 
Charles  Lamb,  with  a  sketch  of  his  life.    By  Thomas  Noon  Talfourd. 

X.  Critical  Notices.  1.  History  of  the  Court  of  Rome.  2.  Roman  Catho- 
lic Debate  at  Cincinnati.  3.  Epistles  of  Poly  carp  and  Ignatius.  4.  Fox's  Mi- 
nistry of  Christ.  5.  Reed's  Memoir  of  Professor  A verill.  6.  Bulwer — Ernest 
Maltravers.  7.  Tales  from  the  German.  8.  Mrs.  Jameson's  Characteristics  of 
Women.  9.  W are's  Feast  of  Tabernacles.  10.  Modern  Accomplishments — 
Modern  Society.  11.  The  American  Almanack.  12.  Burton's  History  of  the 
Church.  13.  Bishop  Doane's  Missionary  Sermon.  14.  Appeal  for  Christian 
Education.  15.  Mitchell's  Fast  Sermon.  16.  President  Lindsley's  Speech 
17.  Moxon's  Sonnets.    18.  Miss  Sedgwick's  Token  for  Children. 


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